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UNITED STATES WILLIAM BOESE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HARNESS-TRIMNIING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 332,634, dated December 15, 1.885.

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To a'ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BoEsE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, Essex county, State of. New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Harness-Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of harness-mountings in which the metal core or body of the article (such as rings, buckles, hooks, terrets, &c.) is coated or covered with vulcanized rubber or with Celluloid or other suitable plastic composition.

This invention consists in harnessmou'ntings partially covered with rubber or ot-her plastic material. The blank or core is provided with perforations and with undercut or dovetail recesses, through which andinto which the plastic material is forced. By this means the coating is not only made fast to the core, but I am enabled to better produce the effect of inlaying the coating, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4.

In the drawings, Fig. l shows the metal core of a buckle with per'orations a and undercut grooves c for receiving the composition. Fig. 2 is a section of same. Fig. 3 shows the same core with the coating applied, producing the effect of being inlaid. Fig. 4 is a section of same. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are similar views of another st-yle of buckle, also provided with perforations and grooves. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 holding the composition.

14 show a water-hook provided with undercut grooves c for receiving and holding the compositiou.

Vhenever I can make such a coating (see Figs. 1 to 4) as to leave a considerable portion ofthe core uncovered, there is large saving, as the cost ofthe coating is far greater than that of the core. My invention in some cases effects such a saving.

The composition is made to firmly adhere by pressure to the core, and is pressed into the perforatious, cuts, and grooves, giving a better hold 7 than the former mode.

I am aware of PatentNo. 150,997, of 1874, which has not the undercut or dovetail feature, and in which the plastic material is held by surrounding or embracing the core. In my device it holds upon any side by being forced into an undercut recess.

I claim as my invention- A harness mounting having undercut grooves or other undercut or dovetail recesses and perforations through said recesses, which are filled with rubber or other plastic material forced into such recesses and hardened,where by portions of the mountings are covered and the filling is held in place, as set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of February, 1885.

WILLIAM BOESE.

Vitnesses:

ABRAHAM MANNERs, WM. M. ENNETUs. 

